Wilfred Bartrop

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Wilf Bartrop
Personal information
Full name	Wilfred Bartrop
Date of birth	22/11/1887
Place of birth	Worksop, England
Date of death	7/11/1918
Place of death	Belgium
Playing position	Outside Forward
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
?-? ?-1914 1914-1915	Worksop Barnsley Liverpool	00? (?) 00160 (?) 003 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Wilf Bartrop (22 November 1887 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire; died 7 November 1918) Was a professional footballer, who played as a Forward for several English sides prior to the First World War. He was killed in action, days before the end of the war.

Contents 1 Club career 2 Honours 3 Military Service 4 References

[edit] Club career

He started his career at home side Worksop^[1] before transferring to Barnsley sometime prior to 1910. He played in both FA Cup finals that Barnsley reached in 1910 and 1912.^[2][3]. In the first Barnsley lost in the replay to Newcastle. The second went again to a replay but Barnsley won, defeating West Bromwich Albion by one goal in extra time. The Manchester Guardian praised his play in the replay. ^[4]

At the end of the 1913-1914 season he transferred to Liverpool who he played a total of 3 games for before his career was interrupted by the First World War ^[1]

[edit] Honours

Barnsley

• FA Cup: Runners Up 1910
• FA Cup: Winners 1912

His FA Cup winners medal was sold in 2008 for £14400 more than twice its estimate price.^{[5] [6]}

[edit] Military Service

He joined the Royal Field Artillery as a Gunner and was serving in Belgium when he was killed on the 7th of November 1918.^[7]

[edit] References